The following short item, seen in French in the OCPA News N�119 26-10-2004 (http://www.ocpanet.org/ - click on "news") may be of interest. UNESCO of course helped organize a series of conferences on African languages (transcription, policy, ...) in the 1960s - 80s. Some of the reports from these meetings are available at http://www.bisharat.net/Documents . According to information on the ACALAN site at http://www.acalan.org/an/consult.htm , the UNESCO language unit was shut down after the 1997 Harare "Intergovernmental Conference on Language Policies in Africa." It would be great if this news means that UNESCO will start it up again.
Below is an English translation and the French original. I'm not aware if PANA or anyone else has had any further reports on this topic. Don Osborn Bisharat.net UNESCO invited to support African national languages Paris, France (PANA) - The principle of support of UNESCO for African national languages was adopted Thursday in Paris at the 170th session of the executive council of the organization, learned PANA on Saturday in Paris from a participant in the event. 16/10/2004 L'UNESCO invit�e � soutenir les langues nationales africaines Paris, France (PANA) - Le principe d'un soutien de l'UNESCO aux langues nationales africaines a �t� retenu jeudi � Paris lors de la 170�me session du conseil ex�cutif de l'organisation, a appris la PANA samedi � Paris aupr�s d'un participant aux travaux. 16/10/2004 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
